Lorenzo Palomo (

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, 1938) is a Spanish

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and conductor. He was chief conductor of the Valencia Symphony Orchestra,

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, from 1973 to 1976 and conductor and pianist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1981 to 2004. Lorenzo Palomo resides in

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Biography

Soon after his birth in Ciudad Real in 1938, where his father was stationed during the

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, his mother returned with him to Pozoblanco, Spain where the family lived, and shortly afterwards they moved to Córdoba where the composer spent his youth. Palomo studied piano and harmony at the Córdoba Conservatory and at the age of twenty he entered the

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, where he studied composition with Joaquín Zamacois and piano with Sofía Puche de Mendlewicz.

Works

Compositions

* La leyenda del Monte Bangkay - Ballet * Del atardecer al alba - Song Cycle for voice and piano / voice and orchestra * Tientos - Song for voice and piano / voice and orchestra * Plenilunio - Song for voice and piano / voice and orchestra * Una primavera andaluza - Song Cycle for voice and piano / voice and orchestra * Nocturnos de Andalucía - Suite concertante for guitar and orchestra * FdB - Música para un festival - For orchestra * Andalusian Divertimento - Piano Trio * Concierto de Cienfuegos - For four guitars and orchestra * Cantos del alma - Suite-fantasy for soprano, clarinet and orchestra * Madrigal y Cinco canciones sefardíes - Song Cycle for voice and guitar / voice and piano / voice and harpe * Dulcinea - Cantata-Fantasy for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra * Danza-Scherzo - For oboe and piano * Sinfonía a Granada - For soprano, guitar and orchestra * Fanfarria para una noche de estío - For trombone quartet * Toccata - For guitar * Nocturno y Danza - For orchestra * Rebeka’s Rainbow - Song for voice and piano * Mi jardín solitario - Song Cycle for voice and guitar / voice and piano * Perlas y lágrimas - For guitar * Helianthus - For guitar * El amor de los dos ositos - Symphonic Fairy Tale for soprano, mezzo and orchestra * Pinceladas de primavera - Suite for two guitars *Fulgores - For violin, guitar and orchestra *The Sneetches (Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches) - Symphonic poem for narrator and orchestra / narrator and two pianos *Caribiana - For orchestra *Sinfonía Córdoba - For orchestra, including a short intervention of voice and guitar *Humoresca - For double bass and orchestra *Arabescos - For violin and orchestra *Fantasía sobre temas del folklore alemán - For violin and guitar *Escenas de una primavera alemana - Song cycle for voice and guitar *Aldonza y Alonso - For soprano, tenor, chorus and piano *El jardín de Baco - For violin and orchestra *Rumbalina - For clarinet and piano *Sendero mágico - Song cycle for voice and piano

Instrumental, choral and orchestral transcriptions

* La Revoltosa, prelude (R. Chapí) - Transcription for four guitars * La Verbena de la Paloma, prelude (T. Bretón) - Transcription for four guitars * Bohemios, intermezzo (A. Vives) - Transcription for four guitars * Maruxa, intermezzo (A. Vives) - Transcription for four guitars * El anillo de hierro, intermezzo (P. M. Marqués) - Transcription for four guitars * Three Sonatas of Padre Antonio Soler - Transcription for two guitars * Latino - Chorus and orchestrations of melodies from Spain and South America * Canciones del mundo - Chorus and orchestrations of melodies of the world

Recordings

*Andalusian Nocturnes (Nocturnos de Andalucía) - for guitar and orchestra *Spanish Songs (Canciones Españolas) - for voice and orchestra *Cantos del alma (Songs of the Soul) - for soprano, clarinet and orchestra *Sinfonía a Granada (Granada Symphony) - for soprano, guitar and orchestra *Dulcinea - for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra *My Secluded Garden - for voice and guitar *Madrigal y Cinco canciones sefardíes - for voice and guitar *Concierto de Cienfuegos - for guitar quartet and orchestra *Sinfonía Córdoba - for guitar and orchestra, including a short intervention of voice and guitar *Fulgores - for violin, guitar and orchestra *Arabescos - for violin and orchestra *Caribiana - for orchestra *Humoresca - for double bass and orchestra *Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches - for narrator and orchestra

Honours

In 2010 Lorenzo Palomo was knighted into the Order of Isabel la Católica by His Majesty,

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...

for his work disseminating the name of

worldwide through his music.

References

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